{"id":3760,"date":"2021-10-08T19:23:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T10:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2021-10-08T19:39:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T10:39:07","slug":"20211008-3760","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211008-3760\/","title":{"rendered":"Cygames acquires Japanese game studio flaggs &#038; aims to strengthen the foundation for content creation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211008-178446\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-10-08 15:32 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Cygames has acquired flaggs through a third-party allocation of shares, making the company a subsidiary (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cygames.co.jp\/press\/press-21106\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>, in Japanese).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>flaggs is a Japanese game company established in 2015. The CEO, Naoto Yoshie, is a former DeNA developer who was involved in mobile game projects during his five-year tenure. flaggs has worked on Live2D implementation for <em>Venus Eleven Vivid!<\/em> and now-defunct mobile game <em>Renshin Astral<\/em>. The company has also been creating new IPs including <em>HoneyWorks Premium Live<\/em> and <em>AMA3<\/em> (concept-only project). The former SuperSweep composer Yosuke Yasui, who previously worked on titles such as <em>Mamorukun Curse! <\/em>is also a flaggs employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cygames is mainly known for mobile games: <em>Granblue Fantasy<\/em>, <em>Shadowverse<\/em>, <em>Princess Connect! Re:Dive<\/em>, and <em>Uma Musume Pretty Derby<\/em>. However, the company has expanded its business into console game development in recent years, with multiple titles scheduled to come out in the next few years (<em>Granblue Fantasy: Relink<\/em>, <em>Project Awakening<\/em>, <em>Project GAMM<\/em>). They have experience producing numerous anime series as well, including the ones using their own IP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Cygames, the acquisition of flaggs was done to strengthen the foundation for content creation. 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